Drikung Chetsang
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འབྲི་ཁུང་ཆེ་ཚང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།
'bri khung che tshang rin po che
Short History
- Drigung Father and Son are the senior and the junior incarnates of Drigung Monastery, Drigung Chetsang (che tshang) and Drigung Chungtsang (chung tshang). The former was here Drigung Kyabgön Tendzin Padma Gyaltsen ('bri gung skyabs mgon bstan 'dzin pad ma rgyal mtshan, born in 1770), the twenty-seventh hierarch of Drigung and the reincarnation of Jigten Gonpo ('jig rten mgon po, 1143-1217). The latter was the reincarnation of Drigung Rigdzin Chökyi Trakpa ('bri gung chung tshang rig 'dzin chos kyi grags pa, 1597-1659). See Tendzin Pemai Gyaltsen's Account of the Various Masters of the 'bri gung bka' brgyud pa School. About their authority over Lapchi, see LNY and chap.11, pgs. 342-343, note 10 in (MR-ShabkarNotes)
སྐུ་ཕྲེང༌། - Successive Incarnations of Drigung Chetsang Rinpoche
- 1st Drikung Chetsang Konchog Rinchen
- 2nd Drikung Chetsang Konchog Thrinle Sangpo
- 3rd Drikung Chetsang Konchog Tenzin Drodul
- 4th Drikung Chetsang Tenzin Peme Gyaltsen
- 5th Drikung Chetsang Konchog Thukje Nyima
- 6th Drikung Chetsang Tenzin Shiwe Lodrö
- 7th Drikung Chetsang Konchog Tenzin Kunsang Thrinle Lhundrup
Main Monasteries
Main Lineages
Alternate Names & Spellings
Internal Links
- A Brief Biography of His Holiness, Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche